The effects of the last glacial paleo-aeolian sands on desertification in northern China

2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (7) ◽  
pp. 1197-1201
Author(s):  
Le-ping Yue ◽  
Li-rong Yang ◽  
Zhi-pei Li ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
Wei-ji Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern China ◽  
Last Glacial ◽  
Aeolian Sands ◽  
The Last Glacial

The evolution of dry lands in northern China and in the Republic of Mongolia since the Last Glacial Maximum

2004 ◽  
Vol 118-119 ◽  
pp. 69-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoping Yang ◽  
Karl Tilman Rost ◽  
Frank Lehmkuhl ◽  
Zhu Zhenda ◽  
John Dodson
Keyword(s):  
Last Glacial Maximum ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Glacial Maximum ◽  
Last Glacial ◽  
Dry Lands ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Last Glacial Maximum ◽  
The Last Glacial

OSL chronology and possible forcing mechanisms of dune evolution in the Horqin dunefield in northern China since the Last Glacial Maximum

2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
LinHai Yang ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Jie Zhou ◽  
ZhongPing Lai ◽  
Hao Long
Keyword(s):  
Last Glacial Maximum ◽  
Asian Monsoon ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Glacial Maximum ◽  
Last Glacial ◽  
Millennial Time Scale ◽  
Forcing Mechanisms ◽  
The Last Glacial Maximum ◽  
Multiple Episodes ◽  
The Last Glacial

AbstractThe evolution processes and forcing mechanisms of the Horqin dunefield in northern China are poorly understood. In this study, systematic OSL dating of multiple sites is used together with pollen analysis of a representative section in order to reconstruct the evolution of the dunefield since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Our results show that there was extensive dune mobilization 25–10 ka, transition to stabilization 10–8 ka, considerable dune stabilization 8–3 ka, and multiple episodes of stabilization and mobilization after 3 ka. Comparison of dune evolution of the dunefields in northern China during the Holocene showed that Asian monsoon and resultant effective moisture have played an important role in the evolution of dunefields at the millennial time scale. Further analysis indicated that the dune evolution in the Horqin dunefield before 3 ka was synchronous with climatic changes. However, increasing human activity has impacted dune evolution during the last 3 ka.

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